Governor Appoints Several Riverside Residents to Government Positions

Three Riverside residents
were recently appointed to government posts by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Kenya Davis-Hayes

Kenya Davis-Hayes, 27, of Riverside, has been appointed to the
California Council for the Humanities. She has served as an assistant professor
in the department of history, political science and criminal justice at California Baptist University
since 2005. Davis-Hayes previously worked for Purdue University
from 2000 to 2004 where she held the positions of teaching assistant in the
department of history; and research assistant, social justice project
coordinator and teaching assistant in the department of curriculum and
instruction. She is a member of the Riverside County World Affairs Council, the
Organization of American Historians and Kiwanis International. This position
does not require Senate confirmation and there is no salary. Davis-Hayes is a
Republican.

Carol D. Codrington

Carol D. Codrington, 48, of Lake Elsinore,
has served as a commissioner for the Riverside County Superior Court since
2006. Previously, she was an attorney in private practice from 2004 to 2006.
Codrington served as an associate general counsel for the Los Angeles Unified
School District from 2001
to 2004 and a deputy city attorney for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, she was adjunct professor of law and director
of litigation at the Western Law Center
for Disability Rights at Loyola
Law School
from 1997 to 2000. She was an associate and partner in the law firm Mallory
& Brown-Curtis from 1989 to 1997 and an associate for Robinson &
Pearman from 1986 to 1989. Codrington earned a Juris Doctorate degree from
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola Marymount
University. She fills one
of the new positions created by Senate Bill 56

Dale R. Wells

Dale R. Wells, 54, of Indio,
has served as a commissioner for the Riverside County Superior Court since
2003. Previously, Wells served as a family law facilitator for the Riverside
County Superior Court from 1998 to 2003. From 1994 to 1998, he was in private
practice handling primarily family law cases. Wells earned a Juris Doctorate
degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in law from California Southern Law
School. He fills one of the new positions created by Senate Bill 56.

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